Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6344 at Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at 20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off (2016-04-15).
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Bubba & Son has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 99 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after Bubba & Son did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Bubba & Son on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 158.2284 | 163.20 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 160.5372 | 162.27 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 160.5372 | 168.55 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 160.5372 | 163.19 | top 50% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-10-25 |
| +7 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2016-05-20 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.9 | 20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off | 2016-04-15 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 54% | 91.6% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-20 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 11 / 30 (659.3144) | 25 (158.2284) | 19 (162.2516) | 1 (178.2972) | 16 (160.5372) |
| 2016-04-15 | 20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC | 29 / 41 (646.6972) | 25 (162.8228) | 25 (160.5372) | 28 (160.5372) | 26 (162.8000) |
| 2013-10-25 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA | 13 / 41 (665.6344) | 21 (168.5600) | 21 (164.0116) | 14 (166.8228) | 14 (166.2400) |